Zinkwink.com

By Domesticus in Browser Hijackers

Zinkwink.com is an unsafe and misleading website, which pretends to be a legitimate search tool. Zinkwink.com works also as an advertising website, which is used to promote some bad merchants. These tricky techniques are used to improve traffic of Zinkwink.com and other websites it is associated with. Zinkwink.com is linked to some browser hijackers and other malware threats involving Google Redirect Virus, Google Redirect Hijacker, Google Results Hijacker, etc. that carry an infected code which corrupts a targeted web browser. These infections can take over your web browser and change your default homepage or search engine. They can also change your search links on all search engines and reroute you to Zinkwink.com or other unwanted and malicious websites full of ads. Malware infections connected with Zinkwink.com may show disturbing pop-up ads and slow your computer. They can also keep track of your browsing habits and gather your personal information. To get rid of irritating redirects to Zinkwink.com and other fraudulent web pages, you should uninstall all malware threats related to this bogus website, and change your browser settings to block Zinkwink.com from opening in your Internet browser.

File System Details

Zinkwink.com may create the following file(s):
# File Name Detections
1. WinkZink.exe

Registry Details

Zinkwink.com may create the following registry entry or registry entries:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WinkZink
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\LEGACY_WINKZINK_SERVICE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinkZink Service
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WinkZink

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